Fifteen distinguished arts journalists, web designers and web developers have been selected as fellows for the 2012 USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program. They were chosen from the largest applicant pool in the fellowship’s 11-year history – 257 applicants from across the United States and 56 countries.

With support from The Getty Foundation, these fellows will participate in an arts journalism project called Engine30 (November 8-18, 2012). While producing innovative journalism, Engine30 is also an ambitious attempt to experiment with how that journalism is produced:

To bring fresh and unconventional approaches to the project, the all-star Engine30 team includes not only top arts journalists but also designers, technologists, developers and information specialists outside the traditional journalism community.

"I particularly admire the innovative ways in which USC has reinvented the program in keeping with the changing context for arts journalism in an increasingly online environment,” said Deborah Marrow, director of The Getty Foundation. “The Getty is pleased to provide support for the arts journalism fellowship program."